1 [onlybeforenoun] happening now; of the present time:
current prices * a budget for the current year * your current employer -< ACTUAL
2 being used by or accepted by most people:
words that are no longer current
Part of speech: noun
1 the movement of water in the sea or a river; the movement of air in a particular direction:
He swam to the shore against a strong current. * Birds use warm air currents to help their flight.
2 the flow of electricity through a wire, etc:
a 15 amp electrical current
seealsoAC, DC
3 the fact of particular ideas, opinions or feelings being present in a group of people:
Ministers are worried by this current of anti-government feeling.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for current is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is current a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, current is tagged as adjective.
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